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QUASHEE.
quashed all farther procedure. 1882 SERJT. BAI.LANTINE
Exfcr. iv. 43 My clients were completely exonerated and
the conviction was quashed.
b. Used adverbially with go (suggesting sense 4).
1802-12 BENTIIAM Ration. Jttiiic. Evid. (1827) IV. 406 Down
comes the money, quash goes the conviction, like a snail
under our feet.
2. To bring to nothing ; to crush or destroy ; to
put down or suppress completely; to stifle (esp.
a feeling, idea, scheme, undertaking, proceeding,
etc.). Also with dmvn.
1609 BIBLE (Douay) Ecclus. vi. 2 Extol not thyself., lest
perhaps thy strength be quashed. 1646 P. BULKELEY Gospel
Covt. v. 366 Balaam had faire hopes before him . . but all was
quasht in a moment. 1717 TABOR in Phil. Trans. XXX. 552
When the Ground about the Pavement was dug, all these
Suppositions were quash'd. I774GOLDSM. Nat. Hist. (1862)
I. 34 The sound seemed at last quashed in a bed of water.
1834 PRINGLE Afr. Sk. 316 Every such attempt had hereto-
fore been . . quashed by the . . authorities. 1857 MRS. CARLYLE
I wanted to scream, but the physical weari-
Lett. II. 313,
ness had quashed down that nonsense. 1879 r ROUDE Cxsar
xviii. 305 The preparations for the election were quashed.
3. To crush, quell, or utterly subdue (a person) ;
to squash. Now rare.
1630 G. DANIEL Ecclits. xxxv. 50 His Arme Shall Quash
the Cruell, and prevent their harme. 1643 BURROUGHES
Exp. Hosea I. v. 128 They did not stay the building of the
wall of Jerusalem, till all their adversaries were quashed.
1753 HANwAY'TVaz'. (1762) II. vli. ii. 168 This .. resolution
..would in all probability have quashed their enemies. 1876
BLACKIE Songs Relig. Di.inon Anything/or Quiet Life in. ii, A Frenchman's
heart is more quassative and subject to tremor than
an Englishman's.
Quassia (kwe-sia, kwoe-J-, kw9'Jia). Also 8
quassi, quassy, quasi, (quaoiae). [Named by
Linnseus, about 1761, after a Surinam negro, Graman
= ( grand man) Quassi or Quacy ( = QUASHEE),
who discovered the virtues of the root in 1730.
Quassi communicated his discovery to C. G. Dahlberg, by
whom it was made known to Linnaeus : see C. M. Blom in
C. Linnxi Amtrnitates Academical VI. (1764) 420, and
Stedman Surinam II. xxix.]
1. The wood, bark, or root of a South American
tree (Quassia amara), found esp. in Surinam, and
of some other trees, esp. the bitter ash (Ptcrsena
excelsa) of Jamaica, and the bitter damson (Simaruba
amara} of the West Indies and S. America.
b. The bitter decoction prepared from this, used
QTIATENUS.
amara. and exctlsa. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXII. 26/1 Its chief
constituents are quassite, resin [etc.].
Quassing, vbl. sb. : see QUASS v.
Qua-sum, north, variant of WHO-SOMB.
Quasy, obs. form of QUEASY.
Quat (kw9 t), rf.l Obs. exc. dial. Also 8-9
quot. [Of obscure origin.]
1. A pimple or pustule ; a small boil ; a stye.
1579 LANCHAM Card. Healtk 153 Inflammations and soft
swellings, burnings and impostumes, and choleric sores or
quats. 1752^-3
A. MURPHY Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 15 A Quat,
or Quot, being a small Heat or Pimple. 1848 A. B. EVANS
Leicesttrs/i. Words s.v., He was rubbing his throat, and he
broke the head of his quot. 1896 Warwick Gloss., Quat,
a sty or poke.
1 2. trans/. Applied contemptuously to a (young)
person. Obs.
1604 SHAKS. Oth. v. i. n, I haue rub'd this yong Quat
almost to the sense, And he growes angry. 1609 DEKKER
Gvlls Horne-bk. 151 Whether he be a young quat of the
first year's revenue, or some austere and sullen-faced steward.
1623 WEBSTER Devil's Law-Case 11.
i, O young quat, incontinence
is plagu'd In all the creatures of the world.
t Quat, sb* 06s. rare. Also 7 quatte. [f.
The act or state of squatting.
QUAT f .1]
1602 Narcissus (1893) 475 The doggs have putt the hare
from quatte. 1612 WEBSTER White Devil Wks. (Rtldg.)
31/2 A full cry for a quarter of an hour, And then . . put to
the dead quat.
Quat (kwgt), a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 9 quot.
[Related to prec. and next : cf. SQUAT a., and It.
ijuailo '
'
squatting, cowering, quiet, still (Baretti).]
1. Squatted, close, still, quiet, in hiding.
c 1450 Merlin xxv. 463 The x traitoris that were quatte in
the gardin vnder an ympe. Ibid., Bretell and Vlfin. .weren
quat vnder the steyres. 1682 BUNYAN Holy War 310 The
rest lay so quat and close that they could not be apprehended.
1685 Bk. Boys f, Girls 21 My lying quat, until
the Fly is catcht Shews [etc.]. 1879 Miss JACKSON Shropsh.
Word-bk., Quat, close, still, as a hare on her form. 1886 in
ELWORTHY W. Som. Wd.-bk.
2. Low and broad ; squat.
1863 BARNES Dorset Gloss., '
There's a little quot rick '.
Quat (kwgt), zi.l Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 qwat(te,
8 quatt, 9 quot. [a. OF. quaitir, qualirlo beat
or press down, to force in, to hide (mod.F. catir to
press), f. OF. *quait, Prov. quait, It. quatto (see
prec.) : L. coactus pressed together, COAOT.]
1. trans. To beat or press down ; to squash,
flatten, extinguish. Also absol.
11400-50 Alexander 560 All flames be flode..And ban
ouer-qwelmys in a qwirre & qwatis euer e-like. 1589 GREENE
Tullies Love (1609) Fiij, Her resolution .. quatted the
conceit of his former hope. 1590 Never too late (1600)
K 4 The renowne of her . . chastity almost quatted those
sparks that heated him on to such lawlesse affection. 1893
Wiltsh. Gloss., Quat, qvjot,..\o flatten, to squash flat.
b. To load, sate, glut (the stomach). See also
QUOT pa. pple.
IS79 LVLY Evphues (Arb.) 44 To the stomack quatted
with dainties, al delicates seeme queasie. 1606 J. HYND
Eliosto Libid. 58 Amazias having quatted the quesy stomaks
of the rebels, .returned with safety to Famagosta.
2. intr. To crouch down or lie close, as an animal
1750 W. t-LUsJIfoii. Husbandm. HI. i. i3o(E.D.S.)
the butter is come, which you may know by its quashing.
Hence Quashed (kwjjt) ppl. a. ; Qua shing vbl.
sli. and///, a.
a 1665 J. GOODWIN Filled iv. the Spirit (1867) 107 A notion
..of a dangerous and quashing import to the spirit of all
signal excellency. 1802-12 BENTHAM Ration, jfudic. Evid.
(1827) IV. 408 A rare trade, this quashing trade. 1816 W.
TAYLOR in Monthly Maf. XLI I. 35 These are called stratous
clouds from their
sinking^ quashed appearance. 1846 J.
HAMILTON Mt. of Olives viii. 196 With quashed delight and
bitter fancies. 1859 I. TAYLOR Logic in Theol. 270 A factitious
quashing of any sensibility.
Quash, obs. variant of KVASS.
Quashee (kw9 -J), quashie (kwg-Ji). [Ashantee
or Fantee Kwasi, a name commonly given to
a child born on Sunday.] A negro personal name,
adopted as a general name for any negro.
1833 M. SCOTT Tom Cringle (1862) 246 Then Quashie him.
self, or a company of free blacks. 1850 MRS. CARLYLE Lett.
II. 122 A certain sympathy with Quashee ! 1889 CLARK
RUSSELL Marooned (1890) 275 The same Quashee whom I
had supposed dead.
Quashey. rare- 1
. (See quot. and cf. QUASH rf.l)
1823 SOUTHEY Lett. (1856) III. 391 With regard to these said
quasheys (which, I believe, is their name, first cousins to
the squash pumpkin).
Quasi (kwv'-ssi), adv. and pref. [L. quasi as
if, as it were, almost.] I. In limiting sense.
1. Used parenthetically = '
'
as it were ', almost ',
'
'. virtually rare.
In Caxton after F. quasi (isth c., from It. or L.).
1485 CAXTON Paris f, V. (1868) 30 Whereof he was moche
angry, and quasi half in despair. Chas. Gt. 204 After
that charles had the domynacyon quasi in al espayne.
1692 T. WATSON Body of Dhi. 97 Men come quasi armed
11 Coat of Male, that the Sword of the Word will not enter.
1818 CRUISE Digest (ed. 2) V. 184 This devolution, .is quasi
a descent performam doni.
2. In close connexion with the word following ;
hence
usually treated as a prefix and hyphened.
a. With sbs.: (A) kind of; resembling or simulating,
but not really the same as, that properly so
termed.
1643 SIR T. BROWNE Relig. Med. i. 49 An Empyriall
e en ' a
:*~, ?" vacuitie. 1676 R. DIXON Two Testaments
30 I he reason why God confirmed his Testament . . is, because
this was an act of his Quasi-dying. 1727-41 CHAM-
BERS Cycl. s.v.. In a quasi-contract, one party may be bound
..without having given his consent, ifid,. The reparation
of quasi-crimes. 1815 J. ADAMS M'kt. (1856) X. 151 A. .plot
for medicinal and other purposes.
The quassia now in use is chiefly that obtained from the
titter ash, commonly sold in the form of chips.
1765 [cf. 3]. 1770 Gentl. Mag-. XL. 227 The quasi was administered
in decoction.
1803 DAVY in Phil. Trans. XCI1I.
268 The infusions of . . quassia are scarcely affected by
muriate of tin. 1830 HERSCHEL Stud. Nat. Phil. 86 An
intense and pure bitter like quassia. 1878 T. BRYANT
Pract. Surg. (1879) II- 59 An enema of some bitter vegetable
infusion, such as quassia.
2. Any of the trees yielding quassia, esp. the
Quassia amara of Surinam.
1766 [cf. 3]. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 753/1 Dr. Wright
found tnis tree to be a species of
quassia. 1859 All Year
Round No. 32. 127 Why not.. cultivate.. quassia, which is
such a handsome shrub? 1876 HARLEY Mat. Med. (ed. 6)
673 ^Quassia bears some resemblance to the common ash,
attains a height of 50, 60, or even loo feet.
3. attrib., as quassia-bark, -chips, -root, -tree,
-wood; quassia cup, a drinking cup made of
quassia wood, a ' bitter cup'.
1765 Ann. Reg. 114 Linnaeus, .has lately recommended.,
a new medicine, called quassi-wood. 1766 Ibid. 76 They
write from Pensacola that the true Quassi medicinal tree
has lately been discovered in the western parts of that
1767 HAKLEY in Phil. Trans. LVIII. 81 At last
fovince. tryed the Quassi Root. 1834 T. I. GRAHAM Dom. Med.
(ed. 6) 70 Quassia wood comes from Jamaica and the Caribbean
islands. 1860 PIESSE Lab. Cnem. Wonders 171 The
purest bitter principle is yielded by the quassia tree.
Qnassm (kwarsin). [f. QUASS-IA + -IN!.] The
bitter principle of quassia.
1819 in J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 288. 1845 Penny Cycl.
Suppl. I. 349/2 Quassin dissolves readily in alcohol and
in aether. 1876 HARLEY Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 675 A neutral,
odourless, crystallisable principle, termed quassin.
Also Qua ssite, in same sense.
1838 T. THOMSON Chem. Org. Bodies 705 Quassite has
been given by Wiggers to the bitter principle of the quassia
in hiding; to = squat. ( OF. se quatir.)
c 1400 Master of Game ii. (MS. Digby 182), pen he shall
ruse oute of be wey for to stalle or qwatte to rest hym.
1602-12 [implied in QUAT sb?\ 1757 FOOTE A uthor u. Wks.
1799 1. 149 You grow tir'd at last and quat, Then I catch you.
1781 W. BLANE Ess. Hunt. (1788) 125 She will only leap off
a few rods, and quat. 1879 JEFFERIES Wild Life in S. C.
222 The crake .. will then .. if still hunted, '
quat '
in the
thickest bunch of grass or weeds he can find.
fb. To sink, subside. Obs. rare.
411723 LISLE Husb.
(1752)
118 If rain in the interim should
come, such ground will quatt, and the furrow will fill up.
Hence Qua'tting vbl. sb.
'757 FOOTE Author n. Wks. 1799 I.
149 Begin and start
me, that 1 may come the sooner to quatting.
Quat, v.'~ Sc. var. t. (also pa. and pa. pple) of
QU:T v. (Cf. QUATED.)
1573 Satir. Poems Reform, xxxix. 54 So had the cause
bene quat, wer not for shame. 1597 MONTGOMERIE Cherrie
ffS^laeii'jQ Thou.. Gars courage quat them.
1637-50 J. Row
Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 254 So he quat his mimstrie. 1714
RAMSAY Elegy jfo/tn Cowper xii. (1877) I. 168 To quat the
he was right laith. 1786 BURNS To James Smith xxix,
frip shall say nae mair, But quat my sang. 1836 M. MACIN-
TOSH Cottager's Daughter 49 For your threats ae truth I
winna quat.
Quat, obs. f. QUOTH, WHAT; Sc. var. QUIT a.
Quata, var. of COAITA.
t Quatch. !. Obs. [f. quatch, var. QCETCH v. :
cf. QUINCH s&.] A word, a sound.
ni63S BP. CORBET Poems (1807) 114 Noe; not a quatch,
sad poets ; doubt you, There is not greife enough without
you? 1783 NICHOLS Bibl. Top. (1790) IV. 57 (Berks) A
quatch is a word. (Hence in GROSE and HALLIWELU)
t Quatch 2 . Obs. rare 1 . (Meaning uncertain.)
1601 SHAKS. All's Well\\. ii. 18 A Barber's chaire, that fits
all buttockes, the pin buttocke, the quatch-buttocke [etc.].
Quatch, variant of QUETCH.
Quate, variant of WHATE, fortune. Obs.
Quated, obs. Sc. var. quited: see QUIT v.
rt 1605 MONTGOMERY Misc. Poems xlv. 27 Alace ! suld my
treu service thus be quated ? [rime hated).
II Quatenus (kw^'-t.rns), adv. [L., ' how far ',
'
to what f. extent', qua where + /i'H/ up to.] lu
so far as in ; the quality or capacity of ; QUA.
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